mitt romney and barack obama could out of food crucial swing states vote in the last leg of an election campaign that bears all the hallmarks so for the reality television. the revolutionaries in revolt the most vigorous fight is against libya's topple the regime threaten the new leadership with consequences unless they get more local power. and tactics in the syrian standoff rebel fighters face war crime allegations video surfaces of a pound lynching of pro assad troops. will

use live from moscow this is with me rule research a welcome to the program with just four days to go until voting day both mitt romney and barack obama have kept the election campaigns now into overdrive racing from rally to rally both desperate to break the poll stalemate something that neither the debates no super storm have been able to do now if he is an associate has this report on the final scripted rush. and fire in. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits. dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro wrestling

in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind the scenes it's a business. and that's the same way it is for them it's a sham a sham largely compared to reality television survivor style started out limited eighty contestants on the island and then event they have to form alliances you can call those parties and then they finally in the grand. you have two survivors who go head to head and they in that video gets the big just the big prize the big prize for years to run the united states of america the contestants are giving it their all to win the competition the concept of a reality show we all know is supposed to be some kind of reality but but in reality it's just really made for t.v. and the presidential campaigns in the us are completely made for t.v. like in any major production

a huge crew and big box run the game if they have people determine what a guy is going to wear what kind of haircut how much makeup you know is a listen opportunity for a lot of people to get rich from looks to comment since most of the election campaign and scripted. the mainstream media following the presidential campaigns eats the show right up one example i'm going to stop the subsidy to p.b.s. i'm going to stop other things i like p.b.s. i love big bird the debates the first u.s. presidential debate of two thousand and twelve had an audience of fifty eight million viewers that makes it the most successful most popular reality show. while fact checking leaves the building. in about track record about taxes when you're in yet most of the coverage. you spreading a giant welcome mat for trivialized news coverage is romney hurting obama's

feelings as obama hurting his feelings are they being cordial to each other or are they being angry look at the way obama looks up and looks down the show must go on and. the curtains are drawn presidential candidates putting on a performance to be voted into the white house a superficial media paying little attention to the actual words being said and not demanding to hear the words that should matter as the u.s. election enters its closing act elect otay mint remains king and politics not much more than a circus and. party new york. and i want a spec of the rights that are not the kind of us lingered on very much as america's military for rays abroad both promise less war and more safety and security u.s. national defense expert gareth porter said while he certainly has his doubts throughout the campaign and outside the context of the campaign you simply do not have

a lively debate in the united states over this extreme degree of military spending and the militarism that goes with it i'm sorry to say that i don't believe the bomber will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to and u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan i mean that is certainly the impression that he's conveyed to the american people and that was conveyed to the american people by the vice presidential candidate joe biden i think the closest romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise is perhaps the the idea that they would somehow be more successful in putting pressure on iran to end its nuclear program but i must say that it was not made with much conviction and that i think is a measure of just how in your the us public and the political system have become to militarism and empire for the united states. despite

the devastation that superstorm sandy wrought across the northeastern u.s. it has proven to be something of a political opportunity for the candidates both rush to offer sympathy and each criticizing the other for inaction lawyer half mists of been on to the streets of new york to gauge which candidate whether it the best. new york was hit hard by hurricane sandy will it affect the way new yorkers vote or the way they look at the issues this week let's talk about that i was a county alan sixty floor and i seen every day there would just be water. water everywhere was industry do you think that the government has handled the storm well no how could they have done better they could have gotten the subway running a lot quicker but you think that they have anything to do with how much water is down there no i think they're just really slow to respond to the whole thing with

the buses over here is ridiculous and it's unconstitutional that you have to have three people in a car i used to going to vote on tuesday is that no than. the city could have been wiped away if the voting polls still stand i have to be there. reacted to it it seems to be getting. romney seem to be. able to pull their lives together yes so do you think that obama's looking better than romney right now. i think mitt romney is a much bigger natural disaster then hurricane sandy and i hope people realize that vote for obama you don't think there's anything wrong with obama i think there's plenty wrong in terms of his. foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us.

and artsy is the channel giving american voters a different perspective every day and the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from on monday it's the final debate between the third party candidates and it will all be broadcast live from our studios in washington d.c. . will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power of power allow. what is america changing tracks u.s. election a close guide monday november fifth on our team. here to stay with us for that here on out safe for now there is a fresh anger and frustration among libyans at this time an oil rich benghazi where hundreds turned out to vent against the leadership they fought for in their revolution more on the roots of their discontent from our middle east correspondent paula slayers. what in

a thousand protesters have taken to the streets of the eastern city of benghazi they're calling for greater autonomy saying that they feel marginalized by the new government in tripoli now this comes a little more than a year on after the ouster of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and i asked ironically that of that the people of benghazi played such a central role in bringing about they are now saying that they were basically off before the revolution that the whole eastern part of the country is marginalized and deprived of political and economic power now what they want is an autonomous region in the east we're talking here about roughly half the territory obviously at and around three quarters of the country's vast oil reserves what they also want to step in ghazi will become the economic capital of libya what this means is that you will have key institutions such as the central bank as well as the ministries of oil and finance based in the city and this is not

a new court earlier this year we did see tribal leaders come together with the same demands they say that they want to manage the own affairs and also have a larger share of the revenue from the resources that are in the east of the country what the warning is that if the demands are ignored they will be dire consequences and so what we witnessing is a growing mood of tension and discontent in the country that is being torn apart by protesters just a year on after the so-called revolution. forward from libya now to syria where rebel groups have stormed a key military airbase in the northwest al-qaeda linked fighters are said to be taking part in the assault which could see more high tech weapons falling into the hands of the u.n. examines video which it suspects could be evidence of a war crime committed by a syrian rebels the newly released footage proportionally shows opposition fighters executing captured government troops ten sold. just so out of the belief to be

combatants lined up on the ground before being repeatedly shot with automatic rifles investigative journalist says it's a rare example of opposition tactics now coming on the international scrutiny. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous documents coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that didn't know some of these atrocities being committed by the rebels were almost always prefaced by reports of government atrocities and that was buried somewhere down halfway through the article time and time again so it is of course and if it be hypocrisy

that's underlying this and it's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in the west to to be on the fours and on the side of these rebel forces the only real plan that's on the table that right now that's feasible is the one that china just put forth the four point proposal for the syrian troops which also does not include any language for assad to step down it does not in court include any enforcement language which is a political long starter in washington because of course those are the two key issues that they want to make sure is part of any type of proposal so once again we see that that washington is really absolutely keen to make sure that assad stepping down as part of any proposal and i think they're not going to accept anything short of that so i think they are content to watch these atrocities and these murders and executions and torture pile up in the name of trying to get rid of assad and unfortunately the only real peace plan on the table at the moment isn't even being considered seriously by washington. and to buffer

a now where violence against pro reformists how flared up again with the police accused of a disproportionate response on the streets and online the kingdom's russo going all out to destroy the dissent as reporter bit later here on out. and it would seeing a disease that live on the label put you off your sneaky snacks in just a couple of minutes the backlash of a canadian medics who want to put fear into food. what's the difference between a samurai sword and a blind guys walking stick well not if you're one of the cops in northern england an elderly blind architect with taser in the back because his cane looks like a sword that was used in

a nearby crime honest mistake because swords are often tubular and use this walking sticks more and more we hear stories like this like the handcuffed youth who was shot in the back to death or the unarmed guy in a wheelchair who got blown away by boys in blue i understand that being in the police is rough everyone lies to you and on any given day you could be shot dead so i get it when after a long police chase someone just snaps and in all honesty fire when the police might do the same thing but it takes a certain kind of person who enjoys abusing their uniform to make the helpless suffer you can't tolerate sadists or those with napoleon complexes in the police and you know what they aren't that hard to spot in the shower because if you like to tase the elderly or shoot wheelchair bound people then you probably don't have much of a certain something but that's just my opinion. more

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran ties road pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate their. selections up close guy every day center fifth on our team.

it is quarter past the hour moscow time this is our with me will receive shea and the russian prime minister dmitry medvedev says the pussy riot punk band should not have been jailed for the moscow cathedral stunned but he did take a moment though to express his condemnation over their ethics. people you know very unpleasant to me both on the outside and. they fill me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about them but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't consider it correct that their punishment was in the form of a custodial sentence they've already spent some time in custody that's actually enough of course three members of pussy riot were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after performing their so-called punk prayer and moscow's main orthodox cathedral and they were sentenced to two years jail but one

was freed on probation after an appeal and the woman insists the stunt was political and aimed at the authorities but their actions caused outrage among their religious community and ultimately divided russian public. the f.b.i. plans to get an all access pass to be areas hit people's e-mails now hits a stumbling block a judge orders the agency to explain his world wide web spying plans which would force private companies to tailor their technology to make surveillance easier those details on our website. also online for you the passports are perfect behavior and the plan to get russians to take a test before going abroad that's in the latest edition of prime time on our team. today. these are the images. from the

street. giant corporations are today. all right just a moment on the world update here on r.t. for now though hundreds of peaceful protesters in bahrain of come under attack from right police firing tear gas at the rally was against the recent ban imposed on public gatherings seen as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns a prominent activist has been jailed as well six months for posting a tweet that was said to insult the king calling cavill a former lecturer at the university of bach rain things they'll be no peace until the monarchy leads to jail someone for voicing their opinion. of the expression it violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media

like a violin they claim they support human rights they claimed in duty dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and they are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they continue the crackdown they continue the torture they continue to jail and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of iraq or out of the royal family which is power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they must abdicate otherwise there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation will continue to get more. all right straight to melbourne australia to kick off the r.t. world update it's where a commuter train collided with a truck killing one passenger and leaving eight other people injured in the crash at a level crossing cause three carriages to darrelle and want to tip over leaving the

trains driver in a serious condition at this point though it's not yet understood what caused the collision. one of christianity's most popular pilgrimage sites had its bank account frozen its over a long running dispute between jerusalem's church of the holy sapulpa and an israeli water company but the site is shutting its doors for a day in protest the church is supposed to be built on the place where jesus christ was crucified and was exempt from water fees until just a few years ago when it was asked to stop paying. now medics in canada have come up with a very explicit way of warning against the health risks of obesity the critics say the alarming labeling will unfairly and inaccurately equate everyday meals with drinks and and such things compared to more harmful issues like tobacco and alcohol . reports. imagine you're about to bite into your pizza when you see this

disease liver or perhaps you're taking a swig of your drink when this diseased foot catches your eye put off your food well that's just the effect some doctors in canada want frustrated with a growing epidemic of obesity but on tyrion medical association have taken a leaf from their anti smoking contemporary's book and called for graphic labeling on fatty sugary and salty processed foods they say society must stop tiptoeing around health risks such as diabetes heart and liver disease which can arise from eating too much of certain foods what we want to do is we want to tax foods that are high in calories in the nutritional value and give tax breaks to healthy foods but as you might imagine the shock food tactics have been hard to swallow for those who make or enjoy eating but targeted products they think the labels are over the top and accuse doctors of demonizing certain products and food categories hearing

back so every day beverage items non-sensical smoking tobacco products do not really have a balance in a healthy place that various food and beverage products which the ontario medical association would place label warnings on i can absolutely heart of a balance other proposals that have sparked controversy include labeling excessive salt sugar and fat as pathogens that is disease causing viruses and bacteria age limits for buying soft drinks and temporarily taking some obese children away from their parents william endl author of seeds of destruction says the doctors are right about the dangers of highly processed foods but that these labels will simply be ignored and. they're obliged to label it thought i don't think that stuff. nobody the fruits are engineer to day in

this post but in private lab the board of foods are engineers today in many cases to be addicted to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain so until you forced by law to change that kind of a who can't and you're not going to have any solution to this my mother theo and they also recommends higher taxes and marketing restrictions on junk food especially to children to to stick suggest twenty six percent of canadian children aged five to seventeen are overweight or obese. tom barton reporting right well if you're going to do stay with us for just a sec here are just a moment actually and stacy take it to the regular sideswipe with the world's big money men because you're bored after.

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that is kaiser welcome to the kaiser report. in a few days you'll be asked to choose which of lunatics to elect in the white house and to select a handful of jackasses to the senate yes the bread and circuses must go on people so you don't notice that the former tory mud wall street is filled to the brim with the spirit of bankers gorging on your wealth and of brokers having sorted orgies with your retirement funds oh or go back to sleep you should he stay. well. first we'll show the two

candidates that are up in a few days for the selection of twenty twelve here's an image from william bonzai seven salvador debt bamma as you see that deficit surrealist looking pretty scary there obama nice nice dolly in the show. and the other is the g.o.p. coon that. c.c. there mitt romney with his vice presidential candidate paul ryan and behind them are john mccain george bush went into place now. i think maybe the master plan is mastered to make an excellent nurse ratchet more current default swaps and a. hard to fault. juicy fruit juice juicy fruit there's johnny i'm having a stanley kubrick flashback well max aside from stanley kubrick ok we have an end

of empire sort of election going on none of the real issues are mentioned it's just literally bread and circuses wacky stuff i was going to say a four letter word they're going on and they're just deciding on all sorts of bizarre social issues and it gets worse and worse every every election they do this but here we are in the middle of a great depression and not once has the great depression been mentioned it's all about various other things so let's look at this first headline back from the vomitorium the looting of the mortgage settlement agreement now this was the big deal that obama started the year with remember he settled with the the big major banks in america for twenty five billion dollars of that two point five billion went to the states. and apparently the states are losing the mortgage settlement fund and the odds are good that you or someone you know is getting robbed for the second time yeah that's right you know economics you know they talk about a transmission problem you know the fed is lowering rates and filtering through the

economy and we see these start mission on the credit markets where obama is just an outright. just because it's just a frickin. well he helped cover up this crime the money has been transferred to the states it's up to the governors and the state legislators the senators the congress people for the various states to do what they're supposed to do they've decided that they're going to plug the holes in their own budget deficits instead with this money and do nothing to help the homeowners and so according to recent reports politicians not bankers are the culprits this time around siphoning billions from that historic settlement and pumping it into their broken state budgets instead of manning up and changing their diet they're taking a cue from ancient rome after a quick trip to the vomitorium is back to the banquet table care for a mint oh open one selection obama if he doesn't watch from running at the white house with a t.v. well that's the role really of our congress.